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AMENDMENT TO

RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 116–63

OFFERED BY Ml. llllll

Page 2, in the table of contents, after the matter re-

lating to section 1602, insert the following:

Sec. 1603. Application of Wage Rate Requirements to the Weatherization As-

sistance Program

Page 4, amend the item relating to section 2523 to

read as follows:

Sec. 2523. Wind energy demonstration and validation projects.

Page 4, in the item relating to part 4, strike ‘‘Act’’.

Page 7, in the item relating to section 6601, strike

‘‘registered’’ and insert ‘‘legal for operation on a street

or highway’’.

Page 7, in the item relating to the second section

8104 (Clean energy technology transfer coordination),

strike ‘‘8104’’ and insert ‘‘8105’’.

Page 9, in the table of contents, after the matter re-

lated to section 12202, insert the following:

Sec. 12203. Apprenticeships.

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Page 41, beginning on line 10, strike ‘‘Tribal Col-

leges or Universities, and local offices of the National In-

stitute of Food and Agriculture and’’ and insert ‘‘and

Tribal Colleges or Universities and’’.

Page 56, strike lines 15 through 18 and insert the

following:

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 1

of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 2

U.S.C. prec. 17001) is amended— 3

(1) in the item relating to section 452, by strik-4

ing ‘‘Energy-intensive industries program’’ and in-5

serting ‘‘Future of industry program’’; and 6

(2) by adding at the end of the items relating 7

to subtitle D of title IV the following: 8

Page 78, after line 12, insert the following:

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 9

(1) The Federal Government is the largest en-10

ergy user in the United States. 11

(2) Reducing energy and water use in Federal 12

facilities— 13

(A) saves taxpayer dollars; 14

(B) reduces greenhouse gas emissions from 15

the Federal sector; and 16



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(C) increases employee comfort and pro-1

ductivity. 2

(3) It is important for the Federal Government 3

to— 4

(A) develop goals for energy and water use 5

reduction in Federal facilities; and 6

(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 7

take measures that are life cycle cost effective. 8

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-9

gress that Federal agencies should— 10

(1) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2030, 11

reduce average building energy intensity (as meas-12

ured in British thermal units per gross square foot) 13

at facilities of the agency by 2.5 percent each fiscal 14

year, relative to the average building energy inten-15

sity of the facilities of the agency in fiscal year 16

2018; and 17

(2) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2030, 18

improve water use efficiency and management, in-19

cluding stormwater management, at facilities of the 20

agency by reducing agency water consumption inten-21

sity— 22

(A) by reducing the potable water con-23

sumption by 54 percent by fiscal year 2030, rel-24

ative to the potable water consumption of the 25



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agency in fiscal year 2007, through reductions 1

of 2 percent each fiscal year (as measured in 2

gallons per gross square foot); 3

(B) by reducing the industrial, land-4

scaping, and agricultural water consumption of 5

the agency, as compared to a baseline of that 6

consumption by the agency in fiscal year 2010, 7

through reductions of 2 percent each fiscal year 8

(as measured in gallons); and 9

(C) by installing appropriate infrastructure 10

features on federally owned property to improve 11

stormwater and wastewater management. 12

Page 78, line 13, strike ‘‘Section 543’’ and insert

the following:

(c) ENERGY MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS.—Sec-13

tion 543 14

Beginning on page 93, strike line 17 and all that

follows through page 94, line 2 and insert the following:

‘‘(dd) the responsible 15

sourcing of grown, harvested, or 16

mined materials, including 17

through certifications of respon-18

sible sourcing, such as certifi-19

cations provided by the Forest 20



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Stewardship Council, the Sus-1

tainable Forestry Initiative, the 2

American Tree Farm System, or 3

the Programme for the Endorse-4

ment of Forest Certification; 5

and’’ 6


SEC. 1413. USE OF ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY MEAS-7

URES IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS. 8

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 9

(1) Performance contracting is a private financ-10

ing tool with guaranteed energy savings and has 11

been used by the Federal Government for nearly 30 12

years. 13

(2) Energy savings performance contracts and 14

utility energy service contacts allow the Government 15

to invest in infrastructure using private sector fi-16

nancing and expertise, with a guarantee of results. 17

(3) Use of performance contracting has saved 18

the Government and taxpayers more than 19

$18,000,000,000. 20

(4) By law, performance contracts are guaran-21

teed to provide savings to Federal agencies. 22



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(5) On average, performance contracts achieve 1

savings in excess of the contractual and statutory 2

guarantee. 3

(6) In a fiscally constrained environment, per-4

formance contracting helps to address the Federal 5

Government’s backlog of maintenance and supple-6

ment scarce operations and maintenance dollars. 7

(7) The House of Representatives, the Senate, 8

and the Office of Management and Budget have all 9

acted to recognize the value of performance con-10

tracts by providing distinct budgetary consideration 11

of them; in the 115th Congress, the House of Rep-12

resentatives included section 5109 in H. Con. Res. 13

71 to enable the greater use of performance con-14

tracting and to recognize their full cost savings ben-15

efits. 16

(8) Federal agencies are not taking full advan-17

tage of the cost-effective energy efficiency measures 18

that are available and documented. 19

(9) Using performance contracts to carry out 20

such energy efficiency measures would benefit tax-21

payers, the economy, and the environment. 22

(b) REPORTS.—Section 548(b) of the National En-23

ergy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8258(b)) is 24

amended— 25



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(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 1

end; 2

(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 3

the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 4

(3) by adding at the end the following: 5

‘‘(5)(A) the status of the energy savings per-6

formance contracts and utility energy service con-7

tracts of each agency, to the extent that the infor-8

mation is not duplicative of information provided to 9

the Secretary under a separate authority; 10

‘‘(B) the quantity and investment value of the 11

contracts for the previous year; 12

‘‘(C) the guaranteed energy savings, or for con-13

tracts without a guarantee, the estimated energy 14

savings, for the previous year, as compared to the 15

measured energy savings for the previous year; 16

‘‘(D) a forecast of the estimated quantity and 17

investment value of contracts anticipated in the fol-18

lowing year for each agency; and 19

‘‘(E)(i) a comparison of the information de-20

scribed in subparagraph (B) and the forecast de-21

scribed in subparagraph (D) in the report of the 22

previous year; and 23

‘‘(ii) if applicable, the reasons for any dif-24

ferences in the data compared under clause (i).’’. 25



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(c) APPLICATION OF WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS TO 1

PARTIAL SYSTEM AND STATE ADMINISTERED RE-2

BATES.—Section 12202 of this Act shall not apply to re-3

bates under sections 1522 and 1523. 4


SEC. 1603. APPLICATION OF WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS 5

TO WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PRO-6

GRAM. 7

With respect to the Weatherization Assistance Pro-8

gram, the requirements of section 12202 shall apply only 9

to work performed on multifamily buildings. 10

Page 167, line 2, strike ‘‘and’’ and insert ‘‘or’’.

Page 173, line 12, strike the comma.

Page 186, line 3, strike ‘‘Section 112(d)’’ and insert

‘‘Section 112’’.

Page 186, beginning on line 4, strike ‘‘(16 U.S.C.

2622(d))’’ and insert ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 2622)’’.

Page 186, line 23, strike ‘‘is amended by’’ and in-

sert ‘‘by’’.

Page 229, strike line 4.



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Page 229, lines 5 and 8, redesignate paragraphs

(21) and (22) as paragraphs (20) and (21), respectively.


(j) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-1

tents in section 1 of the Energy Independence and Secu-2

rity Act of 2007 is amended by striking the items relating 3

to section 606 and 607. 4

Page 236, line 17, strike ‘‘program’’ and insert ‘‘ac-

tivities’’.

Page 237, line 16, after ‘‘the program’’, insert ‘‘es-

tablished under section 2502(a)’’.

Page 237, line 19, strike ‘‘create’’ and insert ‘‘ad-

vance’’.

Page 238, line 16, insert ‘‘and low-cost’’ before

‘‘manner’’.

Page 239, line 2, insert ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon.

Page 239, line 4, strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert a period.

Page 239, strike lines 5 through 7.

Page 239, line 24, insert ‘‘disposal,’’ after ‘‘refur-

bishing,’’.



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Page 249, line 3, before the period, insert ‘‘and re-

designating subparagraphs (C) through (E) as subpara-

graphs (A) through (C)’’.

Page 249, lines 8 and 9, strike ‘‘technology valida-

tion and market transformation program’’ and insert

‘‘demonstration and validation projects’’.

Page 249, lines 11 through 14, strike ‘‘shall conduct

a wind energy technology demonstration, validation, and

market transformation program under which the Sec-

retary’’.

Page 249, line 23, insert ‘‘or validation’’ after ‘‘dem-

onstration’’.

Page 250, line 15, strike ‘‘and demonstration’’ and

insert ‘‘demonstration, and commercial application’’.

Page 276, line 14, strike ‘‘Act’’.


Page 311, strike line 23 through page 312, line 14.

Page 312, strike line 21 through page 318, line 2.

Page 332, line 23, strike ‘‘this section’’ and insert

‘‘subsections (a) through (f)’’.


following:



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‘‘(f) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 1

Secretary to carry out this section $50,000,000, to remain 2

available until expended, for each of fiscal years 2021 3

through 2025.’’. 4


(a) REPEAL.—Section 2 of the Methane Hydrate Re-5

search and Development Act of 2000 (30 U.S.C. 2001) 6

is repealed. 7

(b) DEVELOPMENT.—Section 4 of the Methane Hy-8

drate Research and Development Act of 2000 (30 U.S.C. 9

2003) is amended by striking ‘‘and development’’ in each 10

place it occurs. 11

Page 358, line 23, redesignate subsection (a) as sub-

section (c).

Page 359, line 4, through page 360, line 8, strike

‘‘ ‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE AND COORDINATION.—’’ and all that

follows through ‘‘from methane hydrate reservoirs’’ and

insert the following:

‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE AND COORDINATION.—In car-12

rying out the program of methane hydrate research 13

authorized by this section, the Secretary may award 14

grants, or enter into contracts or cooperative agree-15

ments to— 16



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‘‘(A) conduct research to assess and miti-1

gate the environmental impact of natural meth-2

ane hydrate degassing; 3

‘‘(B) conduct research to identify the envi-4

ronmental and health impacts of methane hy-5

drate development; 6

‘‘(C) assess and develop technologies to 7

mitigate environmental impacts of natural 8

methane hydrate degassing and to mitigate en-9

vironmental impacts of the exploration and 10

commercial development of methane hydrates, 11

including through the avoidance of the use of 12

seismic testing; or 13

‘‘(D) expand education and training pro-14

grams in methane hydrate research through fel-15

lowships or other means for graduate education 16

and training. 17

‘‘(2) ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND RE-18

SEARCH.— 19

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, Sec-20

retary of Commerce, and Secretary of the Inte-21

rior shall conduct a long-term environmental 22

monitoring and research program to study 23

methane hydrates. 24



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‘‘(B) NOTICE AND COMMENT.—In devel-1

oping a plan for long-term environmental moni-2

toring and research under subparagraph (A), 3

the Secretaries shall publish in the Federal 4

Register a notice providing for an opportunity 5

for the public to comment on such plan prior to 6

conducting monitoring and research under such 7

subparagraph.’’. 8


(d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY.—Section 9

4(e) of the Methane Hydrate Research and Development 10

Act of 2000 (30 U.S.C. 2003(e)) is amended to read as 11

follows: 12

‘‘(e) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY.—In 13

carrying out subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall— 14

‘‘(1) facilitate and develop partnerships among 15

government, industrial enterprises, and institutions 16

of higher education to research methane hydrates; 17

‘‘(2) ensure that the data and information de-18

veloped through the program are accessible and 19

widely disseminated as needed and appropriate; 20

‘‘(3) promote cooperation among agencies that 21

are developing technologies that may hold promise 22

for methane hydrate research; 23



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‘‘(4) report annually to Congress on the results 1

of actions taken to carry out this chapter; and 2

‘‘(5) ensure, to the maximum extent prac-3

ticable, greater participation by the Department of 4

Energy in international cooperative efforts.’’. 5

Page 360, lines 14 and 18 redesignate subsections

(b) and (c) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively.

Page 383, line 16, strike ‘‘State-approved’’.

Page 383, line 17, insert ‘‘that are approved by the

rate-setting entity and’’ after ‘‘programs’’.

Page 386, line 19, strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert a semi-

colon.

Page 386, line 21, strike the period at the end and

insert ‘‘; and’’.


‘‘(C) is in compliance with subsection 6

(i)(2).’’ 7


following:

(b) ACCESS FOR SURVEYS.—Section 7 of the Natural 8

Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) is further amended by adding 9

at the end the following: 10



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‘‘(i)(1) For purposes of subsection (h), the exercise 1

of the right of eminent domain does not include accessing 2

property for purposes of surveying prior to acquiring the 3

property, except in accordance with paragraph (2). 4

‘‘(2) If a holder of a certificate of public convenience 5

and necessity is unable to agree with the owner of property 6

on access to the property for purposes of surveying, the 7

holder shall enter into the dispute resolution process of 8

the Commission. If dispute resolution fails, or if the prop-9

erty owner refuses to participate in such process, the Com-10

mission may, upon a showing by the holder of documented 11

repeated, good faith efforts to work with the property 12

owner to agree on such access, issue an order declaring 13

that, upon a court order, for purposes of the relevant cer-14

tificate and with respect to the relevant property, the exer-15

cise of the right of eminent domain under subsection (h) 16

includes accessing the property, in a limited, non-land-dis-17

turbing manner, for purposes of surveying prior to acquir-18

ing the property.’’. 19

At the end of title IV, add the following subtitle:



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Subtitle C—Defending Against 1

Rosatom Exports 2

SEC. 4301. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF LIMITATIONS 3

ON IMPORTATION OF URANIUM FROM RUS-4

SIAN FEDERATION. 5

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3112A of the USEC Pri-6

vatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10a) is amended— 7

(1) in subsection (a)— 8

(A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 9

paragraph (8); and 10

(B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 11

following: 12

‘‘(7) SUSPENSION AGREEMENT.—The term 13

‘Suspension Agreement’ has the meaning given that 14

term in section 3102(13).’’; 15

(2) in subsection (b)— 16

(A) by striking ‘‘United States to support’’ 17

and inserting the following: ‘‘United States— 18

‘‘(1) to support’’; 19

(B) by striking the period at the end and 20

inserting a semicolon; and 21

(C) by adding at the end the following: 22

‘‘(2) to reduce reliance on uranium imports in 23

order to protect essential national security interests 24

of the United States; 25



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‘‘(3) to revive and strengthen the supply chain 1

for nuclear fuel produced and used in the United 2

States; and 3

‘‘(4) to expand production of nuclear fuel in the 4

United States.’’; and 5

(3) in subsection (c)— 6

(A) in paragraph (2)— 7

(i) in subparagraph (A)— 8

(I) by striking ‘‘After’’ and in-9

serting ‘‘Except as provided in sub-10

paragraph (B), after’’; 11

(II) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘; 12

and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 13

(III) in clause (vii), by striking 14

the period at the end and inserting a 15

semicolon; and 16

(IV) by adding at the end the fol-17

lowing: 18

‘‘(viii) in calendar year 2021, 596,682 19

kilograms; 20

‘‘(ix) in calendar year 2022, 489,617 21

kilograms; 22

‘‘(x) in calendar year 2023, 578,877 23

kilograms; 24



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‘‘(xi) in calendar year 2024, 476,536 1

kilograms; 2

‘‘(xii) in calendar year 2025, 470,376 3

kilograms; 4

‘‘(xiii) in calendar year 2026, 464,183 5

kilograms; 6

‘‘(xiv) in calendar year 2027, 459,083 7

kilograms; 8

‘‘(xv) in calendar year 2028, 344,312 9

kilograms; 10

‘‘(xvi) in calendar year 2029, 340,114 11

kilograms; 12

‘‘(xvii) in calendar year 2030, 13

332,141 kilograms; 14

‘‘(xviii) in calendar year 2031, 15


‘‘(xix) in calendar year 2032, 322,255 17

kilograms; 18

‘‘(xx) in calendar year 2033, 317,536 19

kilograms; 20

‘‘(xxi) in calendar year 2034, 298,088 21

kilograms; 22

‘‘(xxii) in calendar year 2035, 23




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‘‘(xxiii) in calendar year 2036, 1


‘‘(xxiv) in calendar year 2037, 3


‘‘(xxv) in calendar year 2038, 277,124 5

kilograms; 6

‘‘(xxvi) in calendar year 2039, 7

277,124 kilograms; and 8

‘‘(xxvii) in calendar year 2040, 9

267,685 kilograms.’’; 10

(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 11

(B) as subparagraph (C); and 12

(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 13

(A) the following: 14

‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION.— 15

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 16

Commerce shall administer the import lim-17

itations described in subparagraph (A) in 18

accordance with the provisions of the Sus-19

pension Agreement, including— 20

‘‘(I) the limitations on sales of 21

enriched uranium product and separa-22

tive work units plus conversion; 23

‘‘(II) the requirements for nat-24

ural uranium returned feed associated 25



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with sales of enrichment, or enrich-1

ment plus conversion from the Rus-2

sian Federation; and 3

‘‘(III) any other provisions of the 4

Suspension Agreement. 5

‘‘(ii) EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF 6

SUSPENSION AGREEMENT.—Clause (i) 7

shall remain in effect if the Suspension 8

Agreement is terminated.’’; 9

(B) in paragraph (3)— 10

(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 11

the semicolon and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 12

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 13

‘‘; or’’ and inserting a period; and 14

(iii) by striking subparagraph (C); 15

(C) in paragraph (5)— 16

(i) in subparagraph (A)— 17

(I) by striking ‘‘reference data’’ 18

and all that follows through ‘‘2019’’ 19

and inserting the following: ‘‘Lower 20

Scenario data in the 2019 report of 21

the World Nuclear Association enti-22

tled ‘The Nuclear Fuel Report: Global 23

Scenarios for Demand and Supply 24

Availability 2019–2040’. In each of 25



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calendar years 2023, 2029, and 1

2035’’; and 2

(II) by striking ‘‘report or a sub-3

sequent report’’ and inserting ‘‘re-4

port’’; 5

(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 6

(B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and 7

(D), respectively; 8

(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 9

(A) the following: 10

‘‘(B) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 11

one year after the date of the enactment of the 12

Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, and 13

every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary shall 14

submit to Congress a report that includes— 15

‘‘(i) a recommendation on the use of 16

all publicly available data to ensure accu-17

rate forecasting by scenario data to com-18

port to actual demand for low-enriched 19

uranium for nuclear reactors in the United 20

States; and 21

‘‘(ii) an identification of the steps to 22

be taken to adjust the import limitations 23

described in paragraph (2)(A) based on the 24

most accurate scenario data.’’; and 25



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(iv) in subparagraph (D), as redesig-1

nated by clause (ii), by striking ‘‘subpara-2

graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 3

(C)’’; 4

(D) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘2020’’ 5

and inserting ‘‘2040’’; 6

(E) in paragraph (12)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 7

the Suspension Agreement’’ after ‘‘the Russian 8

HEU Agreement’’; and 9

(F) by striking ‘‘(2)(B)’’ each place it ap-10

pears and inserting ‘‘(2)(C)’’. 11

(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-12

section (a) apply with respect to uranium imported from 13

the Russian Federation on or after January 1, 2021. 14

Beginning on page 493, line 18, in the text of the

amendment made by section 5341, redesignate sections

1313 through 1320 as sections 1312 through 1319, re-

spectively.

Page 508, line 17, strike ‘‘(a) In general.—’’.

Page 511, line 2, strike ‘‘1314(b)’’ and insert

‘‘1313(b)’’.

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Page 514, line 22, through page 517, line 20, redes-

ignate paragraphs (1) through (4) as subsections (a)

through (d), respectively.

Page 517, line 22, strike ‘‘1313 through 1320’’ and

insert ‘‘1312 through 1318’’.


(h) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEFINED.—The 1

term ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ means infrastructure that 2

the Secretary determines to be vital to socioeconomic ac-3

tivities such that, if destroyed or damaged, such destruc-4

tion or damage could cause substantial disruption to such 5

socioeconomic activities. 6

Page 521, line 14, strike ‘‘1312’’ and insert ‘‘1311’’.

Page 521, after line 15, redesignate the items relat-

ing to sections 1313 through 1320 in the table of con-

tents so as to relate to sections 1312 through 1319, re-

spectively.

Page 562, line 1, strike ‘‘is amended’’ and insert ‘‘is

further amended’’.


following:



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(A) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by inserting ‘‘, 1

components for such vehicles, and charging 2

equipment for such vehicles’’ after ‘‘vehicles’’; 3

and 4

Page 589, line 1, strike ‘‘(ii)’’ and insert ‘‘(iii)’’.

Page 593, line 5, strike ‘‘REGISTERED’’ and insert

‘‘LEGAL FOR OPERATION ON A STREET OR HIGH-

WAY’’.

Page 593, line 12, strike ‘‘registered to be operated’’

and insert ‘‘legal for operation’’.

Page 593, line 14, strike ‘‘2 years’’ and insert ‘‘18

months’’.

Page 595, line 23, strike ‘‘(i)(1)(A)’’ and insert

‘‘(i)(1)’’.

Beginning on page 598, line 15, strike ‘‘Technology

Transfer Coordinator’’ each place it appears in title VIII

and insert ‘‘Chief Commercialization Officer’’.

Page 613, line 6, strike ‘‘areas and’’ and insert

‘‘areas;’’.

Page 613, line 9, strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert a semi-

colon.



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Page 615, line 3, after ‘‘Secretary’’, insert ‘‘, acting

through the Chief Commercialization Officer established

in section 1001(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42

U.S.C. 16391(a)),’’.

Page 618, line 15, strike ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert

‘‘In accordance with section 8307(b) of this Act, the Sec-

retary’’.

Page 619, line 9, strike ‘‘8104’’ and insert ‘‘8105’’.

Page 619, line 16, insert ‘‘8104,’’ after ‘‘8103,’’.

Page 634, line 10, strike ‘‘(a)’’ and insert ‘‘(e)’’.

Page 643, line 14, strike ‘‘program’’ and insert ‘‘ac-

tivities’’.

Page 643, line 19, strike ‘‘program’’ and insert ‘‘Of-

fice of Technology Transitions’’.

Page 644, line 4, strike ‘‘this program’’ and insert

‘‘the Office of Technology Transitions’’.

Page 648, lines 11 and 12, strike ‘‘redesignating

subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h)’’ and

insert ‘‘redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as sub-

sections (g) and (h)’’.

Page 700, line 19, strike ‘‘and’’.

Page 705, line 9, strike ‘‘and’’.



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At the end of title IX, add the following:

Subtitle E—Title XVII Loan 1

Program Reform 2

SEC. 9501. LOAN PROGRAM OFFICE TITLE XVII REFORM. 3

(a) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Section 1702 of the 4

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512) is amend-5

ed— 6

(1) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-7

lows: 8

‘‘(b) SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION OR CONTRIBU-9

TION.— 10

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-11

graph (2), the cost of a guarantee shall be paid by 12

the Secretary using an appropriation made for the 13

cost of the guarantee, subject to the availability of 14

such an appropriation. 15

‘‘(2) INSUFFICIENT APPROPRIATIONS.—If suffi-16

cient appropriated funds to pay the cost of a guar-17

antee are not available, then the guarantee shall not 18

be made unless— 19

‘‘(A) the Secretary has received from the 20

borrower a payment in full for the cost of the 21

guarantee and deposited the payment into the 22

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‘‘(B) a combination of one or more appro-1

priations and one or more payments from the 2

borrower under this subsection has been made 3

that is sufficient to cover the cost of the guar-4

antee.’’; 5

(2) in subsection (h)— 6

(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 7

follows: 8

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall charge, 9

and collect on or after the date of the financial close 10

of an obligation, a fee for a guarantee in an amount 11

that the Secretary determines is sufficient to cover 12

applicable administrative expenses (including any 13

costs associated with third-party consultants en-14

gaged by the Secretary).’’; and 15

(B) by adding at the following: 16

‘‘(3) REDUCTION IN FEE AMOUNT.—Notwith-17

standing paragraph (1) and subject to the avail-18

ability of appropriations, the Secretary may reduce 19

the amount of a fee for a guarantee under this sub-20

section.’’; and 21

(3) by adding at the end the following: 22

‘‘(l) APPLICATION STATUS.— 23

‘‘(1) REQUEST.—If the Secretary does not 24

make a final decision on an application for a guar-25



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antee under this title by the date that is 180 days 1

after receipt of the application by the Secretary, the 2

applicant may request, on or after that date and not 3

more than once every 60 days thereafter until a final 4

decision is made, that the Secretary provide to the 5

applicant a response described in paragraph (2). 6

‘‘(2) RESPONSE.—Not later than 10 days after 7

receiving a request from an applicant under para-8

graph (1), the Secretary shall provide to the appli-9

cant a response that includes— 10

‘‘(A) a description of the current status of 11

review of the application; 12

‘‘(B) a summary of any factors that are 13

delaying a final decision on the application, a 14

list of what items are required in order to reach 15

a final decision, citations to authorities stating 16

the reasons why such items are required, and a 17

list of actions the applicant can take to expedite 18

the process; and 19

‘‘(C) an estimate of when a final decision 20

on the application will be made. 21

‘‘(m) OUTREACH.—In carrying out this title, the Sec-22

retary shall— 23

‘‘(1) provide assistance with the completion of 24

applications for a guarantee under this title; 25



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‘‘(2) conduct outreach, including through con-1

ferences and online programs, to disseminate infor-2

mation to potential applicants; and 3

‘‘(3) conduct outreach to encourage participa-4

tion of supporting finance institutions and private 5

lenders in eligible projects. 6

‘‘(n) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this title, to 7

the extent consistent with applicable law, the Secretary 8

shall collaborate, coordinate, and share information with 9

relevant offices within the Department. 10

‘‘(o) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 11

of the enactment of this subsection and every 3 years 12

thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 13

on the status of projects receiving guarantees under this 14

title, including— 15

‘‘(1) a list of such projects, including the guar-16

antee amount, construction status, and financing 17

partners of each such project; 18

‘‘(2) the status of each such project’s loan re-19

payment, including interest paid and future repay-20

ment projections; 21

‘‘(3) estimate of the greenhouse gas emissions 22

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‘‘(4) data regarding the number of direct and 1

indirect jobs retained, restored, or created by such 2

projects; 3

‘‘(5) the number of new projects projected to 4

receive a guarantee under this title during the next 5

2 years and the aggregate guarantee amount; and 6

‘‘(6) any other metrics the Secretary finds ap-7

propriate.’’. 8

(b) STATE LOAN ELIGIBILITY.— 9

(1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1701 of the Energy 10

Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511) is amended 11

by adding at the end the following: 12

‘‘(6) INDIAN TRIBE, NATIVE CORPORATION, 13

TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.— 14

The terms ‘Indian tribe’, ‘Native Corporation’, and 15

‘tribal energy development organization’ have the 16

meaning given such terms in section 2601 of the 17

Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501). 18

‘‘(7) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean-19

ing given the term in section 202 of the Energy 20

Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6802). 21

‘‘(8) STATE ENERGY FINANCING INSTITU-22

TION.— 23

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘State en-24

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pendent entity or an entity within a State agen-1

cy or financing authority established by a State 2

that may— 3

‘‘(i) provide financing support or cred-4

it enhancements, including loan guarantees 5

and loan loss reserves, for eligible projects; 6

and 7

‘‘(ii) create liquid markets for eligible 8

projects, including warehousing and 9

securitization, or take other steps to reduce 10

financial barriers to the deployment of ex-11

isting and new eligible projects. 12

‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘State energy 13

financing institution’ includes an entity or orga-14

nization established to achieve the purposes de-15

scribed in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph 16

(A) by an Indian tribe, Native Corporation, or 17

tribal energy development organization.’’. 18

(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Section 1702 of 19

the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512) 20

is further amended— 21

(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, in-22

cluding projects receiving financial support or 23

credit enhancements from a State energy fi-24

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(B) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘, in-1

cluding a guarantee for a project receiving fi-2

nancial support or credit enhancements from a 3

State energy financing institution,’’ after ‘‘No 4

guarantee’’; and 5

(C) by adding at the end the following: 6

‘‘(p) STATE ENERGY FINANCING INSTITUTIONS.— 7

‘‘(1) PARTNERSHIPS AUTHORIZED.—State en-8

ergy financing institutions providing financial sup-9

port or credit enhancements for eligible projects may 10

enter into partnerships with private entities, Indian 11

tribes, Native Corporations, and tribal energy devel-12

opment organizations. 13

‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED 14

FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated to the Department 15

before the date of enactment of this subsection shall 16

not be available to be used for the cost of guarantees 17

made to State energy financing institutions.’’. 18

(c) PROJECT ELIGIBILITY EXPANSION.— 19

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Energy Policy Act of 20

2005 is amended by adding after section 1703 the 21

following new section: 22

‘‘SEC. 1703A. OTHER ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. 23

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make guar-24

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‘‘(1) avoid, reduce, utilize, or sequester air pol-1

lutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse 2

gases; and 3

‘‘(2) employ new or significantly improved tech-4

nologies as compared to commercial technologies in 5

service in the United States at the time the guar-6

antee is issued, including projects that employ— 7

‘‘(A) a system of technologies that combine 8

existing technologies in an innovative manner; 9

‘‘(B) elements of commercial technologies 10

in combination with new or significantly im-11

proved technologies; or 12

‘‘(C) new and innovative technologies de-13

veloped outside the energy sector that enable 14

modernization of existing energy infrastructure 15

and systems. 16

‘‘(b) CATEGORIES.—Projects from the following cat-17

egories shall be eligible for a guarantee under this section: 18

‘‘(1) Advanced nuclear energy facilities, includ-19

ing manufacturing and deployment of nuclear supply 20

components for advanced nuclear reactors. 21

‘‘(2) Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestra-22

tion practices and technologies, including— 23

‘‘(A) agricultural and forestry practices 24

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‘‘(B) synthetic technologies to remove car-1

bon from the air and oceans. 2

‘‘(3) Energy storage technologies for residen-3

tial, industrial, transportation, and power generation 4

applications. 5

‘‘(4) Technologies and systems for reducing 6

emissions of greenhouse gases with high global 7

warming potential, including for reducing methane 8

leakage from natural gas transmission and distribu-9

tion infrastructure. 10

‘‘(5) Application of technologies, including data 11

analytics, artificial intelligence, and other software 12

to improve the energy efficiency, operations, and 13

management of energy infrastructure, including elec-14

tric grid operations. 15

‘‘(6) Energy-water use efficiency in water re-16

sources infrastructure and water-using technologies. 17

‘‘(7) Technologies for improving the resilience 18

or reliability of existing energy infrastructure, in-19

cluding technologies that incorporate energy storage 20

and grid modernization initiatives or improve the cy-21

bersecurity of energy technologies. 22

‘‘(8) Technologies or processes for reducing 23

greenhouse gas emissions from industrial applica-24

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production, hydrogen production, and generation of 1

high-temperature heat. 2

‘‘(9) Categories of projects and projects de-3

scribed in section 1703. 4

‘‘(c) REGIONAL VARIATION.—Notwithstanding sub-5

section (a)(2), the Secretary may, to account for regional 6

variation in deployment of technology, make guarantees 7

under this section for up to 6 projects that employ the 8

same or similar technology as another project, provided 9

no more than 2 projects that use the same or a similar 10

technology are located in the same region of the United 11

States. 12

‘‘(d) STATE ENERGY FINANCING INSTITUTIONS.— 13

Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may use up 14

to 25 percent of authority provided for commitments to 15

guarantee loans under this title for projects— 16

‘‘(1) that are receiving financial support or 17

credit enhancements from a State energy financing 18

institution; and 19

‘‘(2) that meet the requirements of paragraph 20

(1) of subsection (a), but do not meet the require-21

ments of paragraph (2) of subsection (a). 22

‘‘(e) EMISSION LEVELS AND TAX CREDITS.—Sub-23

sections (d) and (e) of section 1703 shall apply with re-24

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(2) APPLICABILITY.—Section 1702 of the En-1

ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512) is fur-2

ther amended by adding at the end the following: 3

‘‘(q) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary shall not, for a 4

period of 10 years after the date of enactment of this sub-5

section, enter into a loan guarantee agreement for an eligi-6

ble project— 7

‘‘(1) under section 1703A; or 8

‘‘(2) that is receiving financial support or credit 9

enhancements from a State energy financing institu-10

tion.’’. 11

(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 12

(A) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE 13

PROJECTS.—Section 1701(3) of the Energy 14

Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511(3)) is 15

amended by inserting ‘‘or section 1703A’’ after 16

‘‘section 1703’’. 17

(B) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of 18

contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is 19

amended by inserting after the item relating to 20

section 1703 the following: 21

‘‘Sec. 1703A. Other eligible projects.’’.

SEC. 9502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 22

Section 1704 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 23

U.S.C. 16514) is amended by adding at the end the fol-24

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‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER EXPENSES.— 1

There are authorized to be appropriated— 2

‘‘(1) $32,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 3

through 2025 to carry out this title; and 4

‘‘(2) for fiscal year 2021, in addition to 5

amounts authorized under paragraph (1), 6

$25,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 7

administrative expenses described in section 8

1702(h)(1) that are not covered by fees collected 9

pursuant to section 1702(h).’’. 10


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‘‘Education.’’.

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icy.’’.

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‘‘Health.’’.

Page 750, line 9, strike ‘‘Service;’’ and insert ‘‘Serv-

ice.’’.

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Page 766, line 15, strike ‘‘Tribal governments.’’ and

insert ‘‘Tribal Governments.’’.

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‘‘Energy,’’.

Page 766, line 21, strike ‘‘Agency’’ and insert

‘‘Agency, the Department of the Interior, and the Na-

tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’’.

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ergy,’’.

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Protection Agency’’ and insert ‘‘the Environmental Pro-

tection Agency, the Department of the Interior, and the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’’.

Page 768, line 1, strike ‘‘(3)’’ and insert ‘‘(2)’’.

Page 773, line 12, strike ‘‘SEC. 11007. JUSTICE

CLEARINGHOUSE.’’ and insert ‘‘SEC. 11007. ENVIRON-

MENTAL JUSTICE CLEARINGHOUSE.’’.

Page 775, line 7, strike ‘‘clearinghouse’’ and insert

‘‘Clearinghouse’’.

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Page 780, line 23, strike ‘‘Indigenous’’ and insert

‘‘indigenous’’.

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sert ‘‘an entity subject to this title (referred to in this

title as a ‘covered entity’)’’.

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ty’’.


ty’’.


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ty’’.

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SEC. 11017. PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CU-1

MULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS. 2

(a) PROPOSED PROTOCOL.—Not later than 180 days 3

after the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis-4

trator, in consultation with the Advisory Council, shall 5

publish a proposal for a protocol for assessing and ad-6

dressing the cumulative public health risks associated with 7

multiple environmental stressors. The Administrator shall 8

allow 90 days for public comment on such proposal. The 9

environmental stressors addressed under such proposal 10

shall include— 11

(1) impacts associated with global climate 12

change, including extreme heat, extremes in tem-13

perature change, drought, wildfires, sea level rise, 14

flooding, storms, water shortage, food shortage, eco-15

system disruption, and the spread of infectious dis-16

ease; 17

(2) exposure to pollutants, emissions, dis-18

charges, waste, chemicals, or other materials subject 19

to regulation under the Clean Air Act, the Federal 20

Water Pollution Control Act, the Safe Drinking 21

Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the 22

Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Comprehensive Envi-23

ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 24

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nity Right-to-Know Act of 1986, and other laws ad-1

ministered by the Administrator; and 2

(3) other environmental stressors determined by 3

the Administrator to impact public health. 4

(b) FINAL PROTOCOL.—Not later than 1 year after 5

the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall pub-6

lish the final protocol for assessing and addressing the cu-7

mulative public health risks associated with multiple envi-8

ronmental stressors. 9

(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 3 years after 10

the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall im-11

plement the protocol described under subsection (b). 12

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and insert ‘‘support the establishment and execution of’’.

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page 830, line 5, and insert the following:

SECTION 12111. ENERGY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 13

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-14

propriations for such purpose, the Secretary of Labor and 15

the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Director of 16

the Office of Economic Impact, Diversity, and Employ-17

ment, shall jointly establish and carry out a comprehen-18

sive, nationwide program to improve education and train-19

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facturing, engineering, construction, and retrofitting jobs 1

in such energy-related industries in order to the increase 2

number of skilled workers trained to work in such energy- 3

related industries, including by— 4

(1) encouraging underrepresented groups, in-5

cluding religious and ethnic minorities, women, vet-6

erans, individuals with disabilities, unemployed en-7

ergy workers, and socioeconomically disadvantaged 8

individuals to enter into the science, technology, en-9

gineering, and mathematics (in this section referred 10

to as ‘‘STEM’’) fields; 11

(2) encouraging the Nation’s educational insti-12

tutions to equip students with the skills, 13

mentorships, training, and technical expertise nec-14

essary to fill the employment opportunities vital to 15

managing and operating the Nation’s energy-related 16

industries; 17

(3) providing students and other candidates for 18

employment with the necessary skills and certifi-19

cations for skilled jobs in such energy-related indus-20

tries; and 21

(4) strengthening and more fully engaging De-22

partment of Energy programs and laboratories in 23

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(b) DIRECT ASSISTANCE.— 1

(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program 2

established under subsection (a), the Secretaries 3

may provide financial assistance awards, technical 4

assistance, and other assistance the Secretaries de-5

termine appropriate, to educational institutions and 6

training programs and providers, including those 7

serving unemployed and underemployed energy 8

workers. 9

(2) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretaries shall dis-10

tribute assistance described in paragraph (1) in a 11

manner proportional to the needs of energy-related 12

industries and demand for jobs in energy-related in-13

dustries, consistent with information developed 14

under subsection (e), and to the extent practicable, 15

ensure a geographically diverse distribution, includ-16

ing a geographically diverse distribution among re-17

gions of the country and among urban, suburban, 18

and rural areas. 19

(c) PRIORITY.—In carrying out the program estab-20

lished under subsection (a) the Secretaries shall prioritize 21

the education and training of individuals from underrep-22

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(d) COLLABORATION AND OUTREACH.—In carrying 1

out the program established under subsection (a), the Sec-2

retaries shall— 3

(1) collaborate with— 4

(A) to the maximum extent possible, State 5

or local workforce development boards and 6

State workforce agencies, to maximize program 7

efficiency; 8

(B) educational institutions and training 9

programs and providers; and 10

(C) employers and labor organizations in 11

energy-related industries providing opportuni-12

ties to participate in internships, fellowships, 13

traineeships, and apprenticeships to students, 14

including students of minority-serving institu-15

tions and unemployed or underemployed energy 16

workers, and other candidates, such as under-17

represented populations; and 18

(2) conduct outreach activities to— 19

(A) encourage individuals from underrep-20

resented populations and unemployed or under-21

employed energy workers to enter into the 22

STEM fields; and 23

(B) encourage and foster collaboration, 24

mentorships, and partnerships among energy- 25



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related industries, and training programs and 1

providers, that provide effective training pro-2

grams for jobs in energy-related industries and 3

educational institutions that seek to establish 4

these types of programs in order to share best 5

practices and approaches that best suit local, 6

State, and national needs. 7

(e) CLEARINGHOUSE.— 8

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—In carrying out the pro-9

gram established under subsection (a), the Secretary 10

of Labor, in collaboration with Secretary of Energy, 11

the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Com-12

merce, and the Director of the Bureau of the Cen-13

sus, and energy-related industries, shall establish a 14

clearinghouse on a publicly accessible website to— 15

(A) develop, maintain, and update informa-16

tion and other resources, by State and by re-17

gion, on— 18

(i) training programs for jobs in en-19

ergy-related industries; and 20

(ii) the current and future workforce 21

needs of energy-related industries, and job 22

opportunities in such energy-related indus-23

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ergy-related industries for which there is 1

the greatest demand; and 2

(B) act as a resource for educational insti-3

tutions and training programs and providers 4

that would like to develop and implement train-5

ing programs for such jobs. 6

(2) REPORT.—The Secretaries shall annually 7

publish a report on the information and other re-8

sources developed, maintained, and updated on the 9

clearinghouse established under paragraph (1), in-10

cluding— 11

(A) a report providing comprehensive and 12

detailed description of the workforce needs of 13

such energy-related industries, and job opportu-14

nities in such energy-related industries, by 15

State and by region; and 16

(B) publish an annual report on job cre-17

ation in the energy-related industries described 18

in subsection (f)(1). 19

(f) GUIDELINES TO DEVELOP SKILLS FOR AN EN-20

ERGY INDUSTRY WORKFORCE.— 21

(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program 22

established under subsection (a), the Secretaries, in 23

collaboration with the Secretary of Education, the 24

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Foundation, shall develop voluntary guidelines or 1

best practices for educational institutions to help 2

provide students with the skills necessary for jobs in 3

energy-related industries, including jobs in— 4

(A) the energy efficiency industry, includ-5

ing jobs in energy efficiency (including architec-6

ture, design, and construction of new energy ef-7

ficient buildings), conservation, weatherization, 8

retrofitting, inspecting, auditing, and software 9

development; 10

(B) the renewable energy industry, includ-11

ing jobs in the development, engineering, manu-12

facturing, and production of energy from re-13

newable energy sources (such as solar, hydro-14

power, wind, and geothermal energy); 15

(C) the community energy resiliency indus-16

try, including jobs in the installation of rooftop 17

solar, in battery storage, and in microgrid tech-18

nologies; 19

(D) the fuel cell and hydrogen energy in-20

dustry; 21

(E) the advanced automotive technology 22

industry, including jobs relating to electric vehi-23

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(F) the manufacturing industry, including 1

jobs as operations technicians, in operations 2

and design in additive manufacturing, 3–D 3

printing, and advanced composites and ad-4

vanced aluminum and other metal alloys, and in 5

industrial energy efficiency management sys-6

tems, including power electronics, and other in-7

novative technologies; 8

(G) the chemical manufacturing industry, 9

including jobs in construction (such as welders, 10

pipefitters, and tool and die makers), as instru-11

ment and electrical technicians, machinists, 12

chemical process operators, engineers, quality 13

and safety professionals, and reliability engi-14

neers; 15

(H) the utility industry, including jobs in 16

smart grid technology, cybersecurity manage-17

ment, and the generation, transmission, and 18

distribution of electricity and natural gas, such 19

as electricians and utility dispatchers, techni-20

cians, operators, lineworkers, engineers, sci-21

entists, and information technology specialists; 22

(I) the alternative fuels industry, including 23

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(J) the pipeline industry, including jobs in 1

pipeline construction and maintenance and jobs 2

as engineers and technical advisors; 3

(K) the nuclear energy industry, including 4

jobs as scientists, engineers, technicians, mathe-5

maticians, and security personnel; 6

(L) the oil and gas industry, including jobs 7

as scientists, engineers, technicians, mathemati-8

cians, petrochemical engineers, and geologists; 9

and 10

(M) the coal industry, including jobs as 11

coal miners, engineers, developers and manufac-12

turers of state-of-the-art coal facilities, tech-13

nology vendors, coal transportation workers and 14

operators, and mining equipment vendors. 15

(2) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION 16

INITIATIVES.—The guidelines or best practices devel-17

oped under paragraph (1) shall include grade-spe-18

cific guidelines for elementary schools and secondary 19

schools for teaching energy efficiency technology, ar-20

chitecture, design, and construction of new energy- 21

efficient buildings and building energy retrofits, 22

manufacturing efficiency technology, community en-23

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(3) STEM EDUCATION.—The guidelines or best 1

practices developed under paragraph (1) shall pro-2

mote STEM education and energy related programs 3

of study in educational institutions as it relates to 4

job opportunities in energy-related industries listed 5

under such paragraph. 6

(g) OUTREACH TO MINORITY SERVING INSTITU-7

TIONS.—In carrying out the program established under 8

subsection (a), the Secretaries shall— 9

(1) give special consideration to increasing out-10

reach to minority-serving institutions; 11

(2) make resources available to minority-serving 12

institutions with the objective of increasing the num-13

ber of skilled minorities and women trained for jobs 14

in energy-related industries, including manufac-15

turing, engineering, construction, and retrofitting 16

jobs in such energy-related industries; 17

(3) encourage energy-related industries to im-18

prove the opportunities for students of minority- 19

serving institutions to participate in industry intern-20

ships, apprenticeships, and cooperative work-study 21

programs; and 22

(4) partner with the Department of Energy lab-23

oratories to increase underrepresented groups’ par-24

ticipation in internships, fellowships, traineeships, 25



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and employment at all Department of Energy lab-1

oratories. 2

(h) OUTREACH TO DISPLACED, UNEMPLOYED AND 3

UNDEREMPLOYED ENERGYWORKERS.—In carrying out 4

the program established under subsection (a), the Secre-5

taries shall— 6

(1) give special consideration to increasing out-7

reach to employers and job trainers preparing dis-8

placed, unemployed, and underemployed energy 9

workers for emerging jobs in energy-related indus-10

tries, including manufacturing, engineering, con-11

struction, and retrofitting jobs in such energy-re-12

lated industries; 13

(2) make resources available to institutions 14

serving displaced and unemployed energy workers 15

with the objective of increasing the number of indi-16

viduals trained for jobs in energy-related industries, 17

including manufacturing, engineering, construction, 18

and retrofitting jobs in such energy-related indus-19

tries; and 20

(3) encourage energy-related industries to im-21

prove opportunities for displaced and unemployed 22

energy workers to participate in industry intern-23

ships, apprenticeships, and work-study programs. 24



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(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 1

authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 2

$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 3

SEC. 12112. ENERGY WORKFORCE GRANT PROGRAM. 4

(a) PROGRAM.— 5

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the avail-6

ability of appropriations for such purpose, the Sec-7

retary of Labor and the Secretary of Energy, acting 8

through the Director of the Office of Economic Im-9

pact, Diversity, and Employment, shall jointly estab-10

lish and carry out a program to provide grants to 11

eligible entities to pay the eligible wages of, or eligi-12

ble stipends for, individuals during the time period 13

that such individuals are receiving training to work 14

in the renewable energy sector, energy efficiency sec-15

tor, or grid modernization sector. 16

(2) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 60 days after 17

the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries, 18

in consultation with stakeholders, contractors, and 19

organizations that work to advance existing residen-20

tial energy efficiency, shall establish guidelines to 21

identify training that is eligible for purposes of the 22

program established pursuant to paragraph (1). 23

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(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 1

grant under the program established under sub-2

section (a), an eligible entity shall be directly in-3

volved with energy efficiency or renewable energy 4

technology and provide services related to— 5

(A) renewable electric energy generation, 6

including solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, 7

and other renewable electric energy generation 8

technologies; 9

(B) energy efficiency, including energy-effi-10

cient lighting, heating, ventilation, and air con-11

ditioning, air source heat pumps, advanced 12

building materials, insulation and air sealing, 13

and other high-efficiency products and services, 14

including auditing and inspection, architecture, 15

design, and construction of new energy efficient 16

buildings and building energy retrofits; 17

(C) grid modernization or energy storage, 18

including smart grid, microgrid and other dis-19

tributed energy solutions, demand response 20

management, and home energy management 21

technology; or 22

(D) fuel cell and hybrid fuel cell genera-23

tion. 24



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(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol-1

lowing terms apply: 2

(A) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible 3

entity’’ means— 4

(i) an employer in an industry de-5

scribed in paragraph (1); or 6

(ii) a labor organization, a joint-labor 7

management organization, a State or local 8

workforce board, or a training program or 9

provider that provides training to individ-10

uals to work for an employer described in 11

clause (i), or works on behalf of any such 12

employers. 13

(B) ELIGIBLE STIPEND.—The term ‘‘eligi-14

ble stipend’’ means a stipend that meets the 15

criteria identified pursuant to the guidelines es-16

tablished under subsection (a)(2). 17

(C) ELIGIBLE WAGES.—The term ‘‘eligible 18

wages’’ means wages that meet the criteria 19

identified pursuant to the guidelines established 20

under subsection (a)(2). 21

(c) USE OF GRANTS.— 22

(1) ELIGIBLE WAGES.—An eligible entity 23

with— 24



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(A) 20 or fewer employees may use a grant 1

provided under the program established under 2

subsection (a) to pay up to— 3

(i) 45 percent of an employee’s eligi-4

ble wages for the duration of the applicable 5

training for such employee, if the training 6

is provided by the eligible entity; and 7

(ii) 90 percent of an employee’s eligi-8



is provided by an entity other than the eli-11

gible entity; 12

(B) 21 to 99 employees may use a grant 13

provided under the program established under 14

subsection (a) to pay up to— 15

(i) 37.5 percent of an employee’s eligi-16








gible entity; and 24



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(C) 100 employees or more may use a 1

grant provided under the program established 2

under subsection (a) to pay up to— 3

(i) 25 percent of an employee’s eligi-4








gible entity. 12

(2) STIPEND.—An eligible entity may use a 13

grant provided under the program established under 14

subsection (a) to pay up to 100 percent of an eligi-15

ble stipend for an individual for the duration of the 16

applicable training for such individual. 17

(d) PRIORITY FOR TARGETED COMMUNITIES.—In 18

providing grants under the program established under 19

subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to an eligi-20

ble entity that— 21

(1) recruits or trains individuals who are— 22

(A) from the community that the eligible 23

entity serves; and 24



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(B)(i) from underrepresented populations; 1

or 2

(ii) unemployed or underemployed energy 3

workers; and 4

(2) will provide individuals receiving training 5

with the opportunity to obtain or retain employment 6

at an eligible entities. 7

(e) LIMIT.—An eligible entity may not receive more 8

than $100,000 under the program established under sub-9

section (a) per fiscal year. 10

(f) REPORT.—The Secretaries shall submit to Con-11

gress, annually for each year the program established 12

under subsection (a) is carried out, a report on such pro-13

gram, including— 14

(1) an assessment of such program for the pre-15

vious year, including the number of jobs filled by in-16

dividuals trained pursuant to such program; and 17

(2) recommendations on how to improve such 18

program. 19

(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 20

authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 21

$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 22

SEC. 12113. DEFINITIONS. 23

In this part: 24



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(1) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The 1

term ‘‘career and technical education’’ has the 2

meaning given such term in section 3 or the Carl D. 3

Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 4

2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 5

(2) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The 6

term ‘‘community-based organization’’ has the 7

meaning given such term in section 3 of the Work-8

force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 9

3102). 10

(3) TRAINING PROGRAMS AND PROVIDERS.— 11

The term ‘‘training programs and providers’’ means 12

State or local workforce development boards, com-13

munity-based organizations, qualified youth or con-14

servation corps, Job Corps authorized under subtitle 15

C of title I the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-16

tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), labor organiza-17

tions, joint-labor management organizations, pre-ap-18

prenticeship programs, and apprenticeship pro-19

grams. 20

(4) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.—The term 21

‘‘educational institution’’ means an elementary 22

school, secondary school, or institution of higher 23

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viding career and technical education programs and 1

programs of study. 2

(5) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SECONDARY 3

SCHOOL.—The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec-4

ondary school’’ have the meanings given such terms 5

in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 6

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 7

(6) ENERGY-RELATED INDUSTRY.—The term 8

‘‘energy-related industry’’ includes the energy effi-9

ciency industry, renewable energy industry, commu-10

nity energy resiliency industry, fuel cell and hydro-11

gen energy industry, advanced automotive tech-12

nology industry, chemical manufacturing industry, 13

electric utility industry, gas utility industry, alter-14

native fuels industry, pipeline industry, nuclear en-15

ergy industry, oil and gas industry, and coal indus-16

try. 17

(7) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 18

term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 19

meaning given such term in section 102 of the High-20

er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), except 21

that such term does not include institutions de-22

scribed in subparagraph (A) or (C) of subsection 23

(a)(1) of such section 102. 24



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(8) JOBS IN ENERGY-RELATED INDUSTRIES.— 1

The term ‘‘jobs in energy-related industries’’ in-2

cludes manufacturing, engineering, construction, and 3

retrofitting jobs in energy-related industries. 4

(9) LABOR ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘labor 5

organization’’ has the meaning given such term in 6

section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 7

U.S.C. 152). 8

(10) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 9

term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means an insti-10

tution of higher education that is of one of the fol-11

lowing: 12

(A) A Hispanic-serving institution (as de-13

fined in section 502(a) of the Higher Education 14

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a))). 15

(B) A Tribal College or University (as de-16

fined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education 17

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b))). 18

(C) An Alaska Native-serving institution 19

(as defined in section 317(b) of the Higher 20

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b))). 21

(D) A Native Hawaiian-serving institution 22

(as defined in section 317(b) of the Higher 23

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b))). 24



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(E) A Predominantly Black Institution (as 1

defined in section 318(b) of the Higher Edu-2

cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e(b))). 3

(F) A Native American-serving nontribal 4

institution (as defined in section 319(b) of the 5

Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6

1059f(b))). 7

(G) An Asian American and Native Amer-8

ican Pacific Islander-serving institution (as de-9

fined in section 320(b) of the Higher Education 10

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b))). 11

(H) A historically Black college or univer-12

sity (having the meaning given the term ‘‘part 13

B institution’’ in section 322 of the Higher 14

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061)). 15

(11) QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CONSERVATION 16

CORPS.—The term ‘‘qualified youth or conservation 17

corps’’ has the meaning given such term in section 18

203(11) of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 19

U.S.C. 1722(11)). 20

(12) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 21

means the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 22

Energy. 23

(13) STATE OR LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOP-24

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opment board’’ or ‘‘local workforce development 1

board’’ have the meanings given the terms ‘‘State 2

board’’ and ‘‘local board’’, respectively, in section 3 3

of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 4

(29 U.S.C. 3102). 5

(14) STATE WORKFORCE AGENCY.—The term 6

‘‘State workforce agency’’ means the State agency 7

with responsibility for workforce investment activi-8

ties under chapters 2 and 3 of subtitle B of title I 9

of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 10

(29 U.S.C. 3121 et seq., 3131 et seq.). 11

(15) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means 12

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 13

(16) UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS.— 14

The term ‘‘underrepresented populations’’ means a 15

group of individuals (such as a group of individuals 16

from the same gender or race), the members of 17

which comprise fewer than 25 percent of the individ-18

uals employed in occupations in energy-related in-19

dustries. 20


SEC. 12203. APPRENTICESHIPS. 21

(a) IN GENERAL.—Any funds made available under 22

this Act to fund an apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship 23

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ship and pre-apprenticeship programs as defined this sec-1

tion, including any funds awarded for the purposes of 2

grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, or the devel-3

opment, implementation, or administration of a program 4

funded in whole or part by federal funds under this Act. 5

(b) APPRENTICESHIP DEFINED.—In this Act, the 6

term ‘‘apprenticeship’’ means an apprenticeship— 7

(1) registered under the Act of August 16, 8

1937 (commonly known as the ‘‘National Appren-9

ticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 10

50 et seq.); and 11

(2) that complies with the requirements of sub-12

part A of part 29 of title 29, Code of Federal Regu-13

lations, and part 30 of such title (as in effect on 14

September 18, 2020). 15

(c) PRE-APPRENTICESHIP DEFINED.—In this Act, 16

the term ‘‘pre-apprenticeship’’ or ‘‘pre-apprenticeship pro-17

gram’’ means a training model or program that— 18

(1) is designed to prepare participants to enter 19

an apprenticeship program; 20

(2) is carried out by a sponsor that has a writ-21

ten agreement with 1 or more sponsors of appren-22

ticeship programs; and 23

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(A) Training (including a curriculum for 1

the training) aligned with industry standards 2

related to an apprenticeship program and re-3

viewed and approved annually by sponsors of 4

the apprenticeship program that are parties to 5

the written agreement, and that will prepare 6

participants by teaching the skills and com-7

petencies needed to enter 1 or more apprentice-8

ship programs. 9

(B) Hands-on training and theoretical edu-10

cation for participants that does not displace a 11

paid employee. 12

(C) A formal agreement with a sponsor of 13

an apprenticeship program that would enable 14

participants who successfully complete the pre- 15

apprenticeship program— 16

(i) to enter into the apprenticeship 17

program if a place in the program is avail-18

able and if the participant meets the quali-19

fications of the apprenticeship program; 20

and 21

(ii) to earn credits towards the ap-22

prenticeship program. 23

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Page 894, line 13, strike ‘‘Senate’’ and insert

‘‘House’’.

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